Calls mount for Maine mental health agency to address leader’s ‘demoralizing’ conduct
Current and former employees and local leaders have called on the board of directors to step up, expressing frustration at a lack of action and public communication.
Feds allow Canadian loggers to threaten Maine jobs, Senate president says in complaint
Illegal Canadian competition “has left many Maine loggers and truckers struggling to find work and earn decent wages,” Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, said in the complaint.
Still don’t have your unemployment benefits? Let us know.
We’d like to get a sense of how many people are still waiting — and for how long.
People are still stuck in Maine’s unemployment ‘vortex,’ while multi-state leaders haven’t met
That explanation, that unemployment claims are somehow “stuck” in the computer system that handles them, is a familiar one to many Maine people who have reported waiting months for the benefits owed to them.
Fryeburg police chief who resigned lied to investigators, documents show
No one was willing to publicly say why former Chief Joshua Potvin was investigated, but the BDN confirmed that he had experienced problems in the past that, until now, have not been widely disclosed.
See a list of schools we checked for radon tests
Schools are not following the federal government’s advice to test for radon every five years, even though the radioactive gas is prevalent throughout Maine.
We checked if 285 Maine schools tested for cancer-causing radon. Only 1 did.
Schools are not following the federal government’s advice to test for radon every five years, even though the radioactive gas is prevalent throughout Maine.
Maine intelligence agency under scrutiny asks for the public’s trust
But officials have skated around certain questions that drilled into specific examples of the unit’s performance and activities.
Portland jail guards followed policy when pepper-spraying 2 inmates with mental illness
That’s the conclusion of a state investigation into the two incidents at the Cumberland County Jail.
After massive protests, Maine cities try to turn rallying cries into change
“It needs to be action, and it needs to be coming from people of color making those decisions,” said Desiree Vargas with Racial Equity and Justice in Bangor.
Mainers with data exposed in crime center’s breach have little recourse
The hack should be a lesson for those in government charged with safeguarding sensitive data, said two cybersecurity experts.
Lawsuit: Maine’s largest private financiers and banks defrauded homeowners
Three men from southern Maine — Joel Douglas of Gorham, Steven Fowler of Portland and James Lewis of Casco — filed the lawsuit alleging racketeering and fraud against a long list of defendants.
Hundreds of records hacked from Maine intelligence agency
The Maine-specific documents originated from the Maine Information and Analysis Center, the secretive intelligence agency run by the state police and the Maine Emergency Management Agency.
Maine police departments now have to follow stricter rules on use of force
All Maine law enforcement agencies are now required to adopt rules outlining how and when police use force in the face of resistance.
Maine prisons to ease coronavirus restrictions in coming weeks
State prisoners will be able to have visitors and resume jobs in the community in July, though some rules and precautions that didn’t exist prior to the pandemic will still apply.
State investigating Portland jail’s use of pepper spray against 2 inmates with mental illness
In one case, staff at the Portland jail filled a man’s cell with pepper spray to handcuff him.
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